Detection and prevalence of the "f" variant of Epstein-Barr virus in southern China.

doi:10.1016/0042-6822(91)90754-y

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Detection and prevalence of the "f" variant of Epstein-Barr virus in southern China.

Virology - 1 Nov 1991

Lung M L, Lam W P, Sham J, Choy D, Yong-Sheng Z, Guo H Y, Ng M H

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The "f" variant of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may have an association with the development and/or maintenance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) among Southern Chinese. This variant is detected at a higher frequency among individuals with elevated IgA antibody levels against EBV capsid antigen who h...

Topics

Base Sequence
Biopsy
Blotting, Southern
China
DNA, Viral
Genetic Variation
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Pharynx
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Reference Values
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Restriction Mapping

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PMID: 1656606
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(91)90754-y

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